Earlier this week, I experienced my most chaotic 48 hours of flight attendant life in recent memory. It’s not my worst story, by far, but it was a great example of the wild world of working as a flight attendant (and living as Toni.) It was a sleep-deprived, planning-on-the-go, tornado of chaos, and I’m here to share it with you. Anxious people beware, this one’s a doozey. Leggo!

MORE NEW ZEALAND CONTENT! Wooooo! I spent the first portion of my three-week trip to New Zealand in Queenstown, the South Island’s adventure capital. From bungy jumping to skiing to white water rafting and eating your face off, Queenstown has a little something for everyone. It was a quick but super fun three days in Queenstown and I’m going to give my best recommendations for having a hell of a time there.

If you follow me on Instagram, you’ll know that my recent trip to New Zealand was Ahhhhh-MAZING. I spent nearly three weeks between the North and South Islands and covered a lot of ground. First an 8-day road trip on the South Island, hitting landmarks like Milford Sound, Queenstown, Aokari/ Mount Cook National Park, and Christchurch. I spent four days in Auckland, hanging with old friends, making new ones, and running a 10k for the World Airline Road Race. After that,

Never in my wildest dreams did I imagine I would jump off a bridge with an elastic rope tied to my ankles. Not only was I uninterested in bungy jumping, I have been a hard “F*ck No” on the subject. I guess this is one more example of “never say never”, because on my recent trip to New Zealand, I did the unthinkable and leapt, face first, from a 140-foot bridge. Spoiler alert: I survived, and now I’m here to tell you all about my experience bungy jumping in New Zealand. Weeee!

Forget your notions of jetsetting and excitement, adventure and exploration, today we are talking about the real fight attendant life. Far from the glitz of the short shorts and smoking-in-the-air era, and worlds away from the drama of scripted aviation-themed TV, the truth of the matter is that flight attendant life, a lot of the time, is pretty mundane. Boring, even. And I mean that in the best way possible. If you’ve ever wondered what flight attendant life is really like, you’ve come to the right place. I’m giving you an inside peak into 48 hours in my life as a flight attendant